Highlights

11 Dec 2018

November 2018 Default Report: Default rate to end this year at 2.0%Moody’s trailing 12-month global speculative-grade default rate fell to its lowest level since May 2015, declining to 2.3% in November. We predict the rate will end this year at 2.0%, then continue its downward path for a few more months before gradually rising to 2.4% by the end of November 2019. Full Report

8 Nov 2018

October Default Report: Default outlook remains benign for 2019The global speculative-grade default rate slipped to 2.6% at the end of October, the lowest level in the past three years. Looking ahead, our default rate forecasting model signals a modest level of defaults over the next 12 months. Full Report​

10 Oct 2018

Cross-Sector - Global: September Default ReportThe corporate default count continued to fall in the third quarter compared with the quarterly tally earlier this year. We recorded 10 corporate defaults in the third quarter, down from 17 in the second quarter and 29 in the first quarter. Full Report